Identification of Occult Simian T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Infection in Japanese Macaques
Our findings demonstrate that maternal STLV-1 transmission can occasionally persist for years without seroconversion. This represents the first discovery of occult infection in the genus Deltaretrovirus.
Authors
- Yohei Seki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5543-682X)
- Sakura Hayashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2940-8774)
- Masao Matsuoka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-754X)
- Jun‐ichirou Yasunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-2080)
- Takayoshi Natsume (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3089-014X)
- Takuo Mizukami
- Madoka Kuramitsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3064-5219)
- Hirotaka Ode (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8624-2382)
- Maureen Kidiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5447-9462)
- Yasumasa Iwatani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9269-4828)
- Hirofumi Akari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2166-6015)
- Akihisa Kaneko
- Mayumi Morimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2110-6341)
- Megumi Murata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6048-7663)
- Poonam Grover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0028-489X)
Institutions
- Kyoto University (JP)
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP)
- Biological E (India) (IN)
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (ES)
- National Hospital Organization (JP)
- Nagoya Medical Center (JP)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases (US)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf120
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80